May 8, 2014 / Front Page

City of Washington department head Johnny Mills makes another chainsaw cut to take apart a city-owned elm tree blown onto the Lloyd Johnson home on Water Street after last Wednesday morning’s h More...

Wilkes County cancer survivors celebrate life last Friday evening as they take the first lap of the all-night 2014 Wilkes Relay for Life event at the Washington-Wilkes Parks and Recreation track. More...

Wilkes County voters have been casting their advance ballots for the May 20 primary, and this Saturday, May 10, will also be a day of early voting. “You can vote on Saturday in our office from 9 a.m.-4 p.m.” voter registrar Debbie A More...

The title Pope Joan would not lead the reader to suspect a romantic historical novel. This, however, is what we have here. The book is listed as fiction, and the question of the accuracy of the underlying story is controversial. More...

I n 1984 on a trip to South Africa, there was an opportunity to fly from Johannesburg to Bulawayo, followed by a journey by van to Victoria Falls, which brought about one of the most memorable trips I have ever experienced. More...

Funeral services for Martha Hurley, 96, were held at Gibson Grove Baptist Church on Saturday, May 3, at 2:30 p.m. She departed this life Thursday, April 24, at Wills Memorial Hospital in Washington. More...

Funeral services for Fannie Pink Barksdale Smith were held Sunday, April 27, at New Ford Baptist Church in Danburg. She departed this life on Thursday, April 24, at Heritage Healthcare of Wilkes. Mrs. More...

The Wilkes County Board of Commissioners will meet on Thursday, May 8, at 6 p.m. in the Wilkes County courthouse with a work session immediately prior in the chairman’s office beginning at 5 p.m. More...

Faced with the deadline to complete the county’s property tax digest by July 1, the Wilkes County Board of Assessors has concurred with the new Chief Appraiser Dale Tyre and fired one of only three employees working on the digest. More...

Some nine candidates for elected office attended Saturday morning’s Wilkes County Democratic Party meet-and-greet to meet Washington Wilkes voters prior to the May 20 primary election. “All politics starts at the local level,” More...

Plans are already well underway for this year’s big Washington-­Wilkes Independence Day celebration but as always, everyone in Wilkes County needs to pitch in a little to pay for a high-quality fireworks display. More...

Mark’s Tabernacle Baptist Church celebrated its 116th anniversary on Sunday, May 4, at 2 p.m. The purpose of the celebration was “to keep alive the message of God’s love and what He has done for them as a church. More...

“Female veterans are in crisis in this country,” Barbara Bailey, founding executive board member of the Healing Bridge Foundation, told the Washington Rotary Club last week as she explained the need for, and developmental progress of her More...

The Washington-Wilkes Tiger Club is sponsoring a golf tournament fundraiser for the benefit of Tiger athletics. The tournament will be held on Saturday, May 17, beginning at noon, with a Calcutta on Friday, May 16, at 7 p.m. More...

The annual W-W Tiger Lift-AThon activity began on Monday, April 28, and will continue through May 22. All Tiger football players in both the middle school and the high school will be soliciting donations during the four-week fundraiser. More...

Carla Donburg (left) was the winner of a Mossburg 500 youth turkey gun presented by Floyd Higgins, president of the Wildlife Action Fishin’ Creek Chapter, at the conclusion of a fundraising raf More...

The Washington-Wilkes High School Class of l964 celebrated its 50-year reunion as members, spouses, and guests gathered at the Washington-Wilkes Country Club Saturday evening, April 26. As everyone arrived they were greeted and given their name More...

Mr. and Mrs. Frank Watson of Washington announce the engagement of their daughter, Jessica Katelyn, to Alexander Elliot Bond of Athens, son of Mrs. Wendy Bond and Lyndon Bond, also of Athens. The bride-elect is the granddaughter of Mrs. More...